Device for securing overshoes to shoes.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906. L.

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N FILED MAR. 17. 1906.

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DEVICE FOR SECURING OVERSHOES TO SHOES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed March 17,1906. Serial No. 306,593.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURLIE SYLVESTER HOWELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Hattiesburg, in the county of Perry and State ofMississip i, have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Devices for Securing Overshoes to Shoes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

' This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forholding overshoes upon an ordinary shoe, and comprises a simple andefficient means whereby the device may be applied to shoes having up ersof various heights, and comprises detai s of construction which will behereinafter fully described, and then specifically defined in theappended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is aview in side elevation, showing the ap lication of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertica sectional view through the portion of ashoe, showing parts of my invention in elevation; and Fig. 3 is a rearelevation.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the upper of a shoe, and B a hook-shaped member which isadapted to hook over and rest upon the upper edge of said upper. Saidmember has a plate 0, hinged upon a pin D, carried by said member, andsaid plate has corrugations D and D inwhich corrugations are positionedpins E and E, respectively. The lower end of said plate has a convexedportion F and a tongue F G designates a strap which is either fixed toor integral with an overshoe and is provided with a series ofperforations G for the reception of said tongue F, whereby the strapmaybe adjusted. Said strap passes over the convexed portion F behind thepin E, thence about the pin E and back behind the pin E, and its endterminates at E To the lower portion of the member B outside the upperis mounted a pin H, u on which is pivoted a lever K, having a 0 am ingprojection K, adapted to force the p ate 0 against the folds of thestrap G, whereby the latter may be held frictionally against the outersurface of the up- From the foregoing it will be noted that by theprovision of the means shown and described a simple and efficient holderis afforded whereby an overshoe may be securely held upon an ordinaryshoe and so arranged. that it may be adjusted to fit different-sizedshoes, and by the mechanical construction illustrated it will be notedthat the device may be easily and quickly applied either to ordinaryovershoes or shoes having integral straps adapted for connection tomechanism for holding the overshoe upon an upper.

What I claim is A device for holding overshoes upon shoes, comprising ahook-shaped member adapted to fit over an upper, a plate pivoted theretoand provided with corrugations, a pin mounted in each of saidcorrugations, a buckle at the lower end of said plate, adapted toreceive a strap extending from the overshoe over said buckle and aboutthe pins in said corrugations, and a clamping-lever pivoted to saidmember and ada ted to bear against said plate to cause the latter toclamp said strap against the upper, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

BURLIE SYLVESTER HOWELL.

Witnesses:

A. W. SExToN, M. J. EPLEY.

